New book on The Cure to be released to coincide with band’s 40th anniversary

The Cure’s story is a fantastical pop fable, but their trajectory has not been one of unbroken success. Along the way, their uneven, uneasy pop odyssey has taken in fierce intra-band tensions and fall-outs, numerous lineup changes and even one of rock’s most high-profile and infamous court cases when Lol Tolhurst, the troubled founder member whom Robert Smith fired from the band in 1989, sued his former colleagues over payments and ownership of the band’s name. There has been alcoholism, substance abuse and countless long, dark nights of the soul, many of which have been translated into luscious dark-rock symphonies. But beholden to no one, their typically eccentric late-career path has allowed them to maintain the core sense of playfulness and mystique that has always been so intrinsic to their appeal. https://youtu.be/n3nPiBai66M